Fang Zhihua
Executive Director; Partner; Member of the Management Committee; Senior Lawyer

Fang Zhihua
Phone:
0571-8823 4612
Telephone:
13805782219
Fax:
0571-8823 4619
E-mail:
1097661028@qq.com
Practicing license number:
13301199810922334

Lawyer's Characteristics
Professional Expertise
Practice Philosophy
Personal Honor
Educational Background
Work Experience
Main Customer Service
Classic Case

Fang Zhihua
Executive Director; Partner; Member of the Management Committee; Senior Lawyer
Phone:
13805782219
E-mail:
1097661028@qq.com
Lawyer's Characteristics
Executive Director and Managing Partner of Zhehang Law Firm
Member of the Criminal Committee of Zhejiang Lawyers Association
Arbitrator of Hangzhou Arbitration Commission
Excellent Lawyer and Senior Lawyer in Zhejiang Province
Co authored articles such as "Revision of the Criminal Procedure Law and Lawyer Defense", "Legal Reflections and Suggestions on the" Plea Bargain System ", and" Analysis of the Illegal Issues of Game Live Streaming ", published in" Research on the Rule of Law "
The book "On the Causes and Countermeasures of False Testimony in Bribery Cases" won an award and was included in the "Collection of Exchange Papers on Lawyer Practice Theory Seminar in Hangzhou in 2014"
Participate in the research project of "Legal Construction of Planning in Hangzhou City"
Professional Expertise
Provide legal services for the legality review and administrative law enforcement of administrative (including administrative agreements) by administrative agencies;
Acting as a litigation and arbitration agent for major civil and commercial matters, contract disputes, construction projects, real estate projects, and other cases, as well as being appointed as an arbitrator to make legal rulings;
In civil execution procedures, legal handling and property distribution work such as adding the executed party, executing objections, executing objection lawsuits, and converting execution into bankruptcy;
Defense work for criminal cases such as duty crimes and commercial crimes;
Criminal risk prevention education and construction, legal services such as criminal compliance construction.
Practice Philosophy
Personal Honor
Excellent Lawyer in Zhejiang Province
Hangzhou Municipal People's Government's "Industry Model" of Intermediary Service Industry in 2011
Hangzhou Bar Association awarded in 2018 for legal aid and social welfare
Commendation from the Trial Skills Committee of Hangzhou Bar Association in 2018
Hangzhou Bar Association's "Lawyer Industry Contribution Award"
Third Prize at the 2014 Lawyer Practice Theory Seminar
Outstanding Practice Mentor at Hangzhou University of Electronic Science and Technology and Law School of Zhejiang University City College
Educational Background
Work Experience
Main Customer Service
Classic Case
1. The Hangzhou murder and dismemberment case, assigned by the Hangzhou Legal Aid Center, lawyer Fang Zhihua serves as the defense counsel for the defendant Xu Guoli, serving as the first defense counsel for legal aid during the investigation, review and prosecution, and first instance trial stages;
2. Chen, the deputy director of the State Taxation Bureau in a county in Zhejiang Province, was found guilty of bribery. After careful review and collection of evidence materials favorable to Chen by the lawyer team of Fang Zhihua, he was acquitted after retrial;
3. Chen Moumou in Hangzhou was involved in the crime of participating in criminal organization, forced transactions, collusive bidding, misappropriation of funds, etc. After the accurate defense of the lawyer, the people's court only sentenced three years and two months of imprisonment for the crime of forced transactions;
4. The holder of a commercial acceptance bill of a certain company had defects in their basic legal relationship. After being represented by lawyer Fang, the people's court ruled that the acceptor of the bill should bear the payment responsibility, and ultimately achieved an acceptance amount of 20 million yuan.
5. Jiang, a senior executive of a large state-owned company in Hangzhou, is suspected of bribery and has been investigated by the People's Procuratorate of a certain district in Hangzhou. After nearly a year of efforts by the Fang Zhihua legal team, the procuratorate believes that there is insufficient evidence and has withdrawn the case.
6. Jiang (female) is the main defendant in the crime of organizing prostitution, and the public prosecution has identified her as the principal offender. After strong defense by Lawyer Fang Zhihua, the court supported Lawyer Fang's opinion not to list Jiang as the main culprit. Jiang was ultimately given a lenient sentence of eleven years in prison, while the other main offenders were sentenced to death with a reprieve or life imprisonment.
7. The first case of criminal responsibility for copyright infringement in China, where the defendant Wang was sentenced to four years in prison. This case has been included as a typical case by the Supreme People's Court.
8. In the case of Feng and others selling counterfeit registered trademark goods, the People's Court of Xihu District, Hangzhou City, has given the defendant Feng a lighter sentence and suspended his sentence. This case has been included as a typical case by the Supreme People's Court.
9. The People's Procuratorate of a certain district in Hangzhou has filed a public prosecution against Xu and others for the crime of kidnapping. Lawyer Fang Zhihua, after carefully reviewing the case files, believes that there was indeed a dispute between Xu and the victim during the early gambling process. Based on this, they controlled the victim and demanded compensation for huge losses, without any subjective intention of kidnapping. According to the basic principle of consistency between subjective and objective factors, this case should not be classified as kidnapping. The People's Court fully adopted the viewpoint of Lawyer Fang Zhihua and determined that the defendant did not constitute the crime of kidnapping, and sentenced him to be punished for the crime of illegal detention as a minor offense.
10. Wang, a senior executive of a bank in Hangzhou, took advantage of his position to obtain the victim's deposit secrets. Based on this, he forged his ID card and went to other banks in the same system to report the loss of deposit certificates and withdraw funds. The People's Procuratorate of a certain district in Hangzhou filed a lawsuit for fraud to the court. Lawyer Fang Zhihua, after carefully studying the case, proposed that Wang used his official position to carry out this case, and the element of his official position had a huge impact on the success of the crime. Therefore, it is appropriate to punish him for the crime of embezzlement of official position. The defense viewpoint was adopted by the second instance court and ultimately received a lighter punishment for the crime of embezzlement of official duties.
11. Huang and Gong jointly invested to establish Hangzhou Investment Management Co., Ltd., which acts as an agent for overseas companies to conduct "24-hour online platform gold spot trading", with hundreds of clients. A district branch of Hangzhou Public Security Bureau reported the arrest of Huang and Gong on charges of contract fraud, and based on this, determined the direction of investigation. The lawyer team of Fang Zhihua insists that the investigation direction determined by the investigating authority is incorrect, and this case should not be classified as contract fraud. However, it may constitute illegal business operations. After multiple communications with the investigating authority and reasonable arguments, the district procuratorate changed it to fraud and submitted it to the Hangzhou People's Procuratorate for review and prosecution. After multiple communications between the lawyer team of Fang Zhihua and the prosecutors, the Hangzhou People's Procuratorate finally determined that the crimes of contract fraud and fraud were not established, and instructed the district procuratorate to prosecute for illegal business operations. Later, the case was reported internally by the district court to the intermediate court and then to the provincial high court for determination. The case can be punished for the crime of illegal business operation. The district court ultimately sentenced the crime leniently.
12. Zhang, a senior executive of a state-owned enterprise, is suspected of a series of crimes including bribery, corruption, embezzlement of public funds, forgery of state organ seals, and concealment and intentional destruction of accounting vouchers. He has been investigated by the procuratorial organs. Multiple recalculations of the investigation period, reporting to the higher-level People's Procuratorate to extend the investigation period, and a series of legal procedures such as secondary supplementary investigation. During the first instance trial, the trial was postponed again. After the first instance judgment, the defendant appealed and the procuratorial organ protested. After the second instance trial, the case was remanded back to the first instance court for retrial. After the retrial verdict, the defendant appealed again and the second trial was conducted again before the effective judgment was made. It took 34 months from the case filing and investigation, the suspect being detained to the final effective judgment. Fang Zhihua's lawyer team always sticks to the front line of defense work and makes outstanding contributions to safeguarding the legitimate rights of suspect and defendants. Considering the final verdict of this case, there were obvious legal obstacles in both factual determination and legal application. With the efforts of Lawyer Fang Zhihua's team, all parties eventually compromised and settled the case with Zhang being "seriously ill and not imprisoned". This case has completed all the main procedures stipulated in China's Criminal Procedure Law, which is truly rare!